Ghost in the Shell (1995) · Film

Networked ambient intelligence grid is becoming real

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Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Ghost in the Shell is a 1995 Japanese animated tech noir action thriller film directed by Mamoru Oshii from a screenplay by Kazunori Itō, based on the 1989 manga by Masamune Shirow. It stars the voices of Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, and Iemasa Kayumi. It is a Japanese-British international co-production between Kodansha, Bandai Visual and Manga Entertainment, with animation provided by Production I.G.

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From Fiction to Reality

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Not Yet Emerged

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Early Market

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"Networked ambient intelligence grid" is currently at the Early Market stage. It was first imagined in Ghost in the Shell (1995), 31 years ago.

This concept is linked to 6 tracked trend(s). Patent filings score 33/100 on our velocity scale (100 means filings roughly doubled year-over-year), backed by 7 tracked academic paper(s) and reaching 2 industry sector(s) so far.

Not yet - we haven't verified a real-world product built on this concept, though its commercialisation stage shows it's moving in that direction.

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